diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 30d3251f767383884823c21916cc18ab69872521..5ed7f363d37f9a1760afaab81a324a854a4c257a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "async": "^1.5.0",
     "google-auth-library": "^0.9.2",
+    "google-protobuf": "^3.0.0-alpha.5",
     "istanbul": "^0.3.21",
     "jsdoc": "^3.3.2",
     "jshint": "^2.5.0",
diff --git a/templates/package.json.template b/templates/package.json.template
index 564df84ebea42722fe455dc9155e21b31824d76d..11718b1ccbd407e2b86229b1496fa189c248a276 100644
--- a/templates/package.json.template
+++ b/templates/package.json.template
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     "devDependencies": {
       "async": "^1.5.0",
       "google-auth-library": "^0.9.2",
+      "google-protobuf": "^3.0.0-alpha.5",
       "istanbul": "^0.3.21",
       "jsdoc": "^3.3.2",
       "jshint": "^2.5.0",